Thursday, July 9, 2015

GOPe tries to buy the nomination for Jeb Bush...

(National Journal) It appears Bush raised even more than what was disclosed on Thursday.
That mammoth figure still doesn’t include a third political committee
in Bush’s orbit, the Right to Rise PAC Inc. When Bush first announced
last December that he was “actively” exploring a presidential run, he
said he was forming a PAC to help promote “leaders, ideas and policies.”
Neither the super PAC nor campaign responded to an inquiry about the
other PAC’s fundraising figures in 2015…
Bush formally declared his candidacy in Miami on June 15 and raised
an average of $710,000 per day for the rest of the month. To put his
$11.4 million haul in perspective, it would require Bush to have raised
the maximum donation of $2,700 in primary dollars from more than 4,200
donors—in 16 days.
His super PAC, Right to Rise USA, run by one of Bush’s longtime
confidantes, is not constrained by contribution limits. Bush had roughly
500 donors contribute more than $25,000, according to figures released
by his super PAC Thursday. Of the $103 million raised, the super PAC
said that it had more than $98 million cash on hand.